Logotherapy

concentration camp during World War II. He gives us a look inside of all the indignities he suffered while in a concentration camp, short of being killed. He uses his experience in a concentration camp to provide evidence of his method of therapy, “Logotherapy”, which is a form of existential therapy. Although Nazi soldiers imposed great suffering on him, he continued to believe that they could not control his reaction. He is the only one who could control the way he acted, reacted, and…

In today’s polarized political and cultural climate, we are in need now more than ever for the return to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s call for non-violent civil disobedience. As the groups of protestors have turned to a more violent form of protest they have soured mainstream opinion to their causes. Whether one believes in the cause or not the violence wielded as a tool for reform is that of a Neanderthal mindset and not one of a civilized educated society. Civil disobedience by its very…

create meaning . . . addiction is a way of self-medicating . . . the suffering of the empty self” (27). It’s an inadequate treatment, but it is their solution – a way to escape their suffering, whether physical or emotion. Viktor Frankl created Logotherapy as a way to treat the condition. It is basically a way to empower the patient to find meaning in their suffering and move beyond it. It is called the ‘will to meaning’ and adopts a pathogenic approach for its therapeutic value. Aaron…

of lost courage to face the fact of mortality. Depression is described as a “failure of courage” (Becker 210) that causes the depressed person to want to hide from the idea of life and death. Viktor Frankl mentions depression in his section on Logotherapy in Man’s Search for Meaning when he talks about how existential frustration in his patients can result in mental illness like depression. Ernest Becker deconstructs the idea of dependency and that when man gives up hope to find a meaning, he…

1.Introduction As I begin to develop my theory as a counselor, I am aware of the new developments that I will be incorporated as I change and mature as an individual. While choosing theories for my paper, I found myself captivated by the different demographics studied in the research. My main theoretical construct I determined was person centered counseling. I have also incorporated existentialism and gestalt approaches to my literature review and the research I obtained. General ideas that…

Man’s search for meaning: An introduction Man’s Search For Meaning is a book, based on the real life experience of Viktor E.Frankl, who was a prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War 2. Like so many German and East European Jews who thought themselves secure, Frankl flung into the network of concentration and extermination camps and he survived. He believed that the reason he kept himself alive was that he stuck to hope, keeping in mind the sense of satisfaction he will get…